WEBVTT ENT MARCHING DOWN THEHIGHWAY.>> WHAT'S THE DEAL MY MAN?A CONCERNED MARION COUNTY DEPUTYWAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY AYOUNG MAN WAS WALKING DOWNHIGHWAY 441, NAKED.WITNESSES CLAIMED HE'D BEENINVOLVED IN A CRASH NEARBY, BUTTOOK OFF THE DEPUTY TRIED TO ASK HIMABOUT THAT >> WHY WOULD YOU TRY TO OPEN UPMY DRIVER'S DOOR?BUT THE MAN BECAME ERRATIC.HE ALSO WOULDN'T SAY WHY HEDITCHED HIS CLOTHES OR WHAT WASDRIVING THE UNUSUAL BEHAVIORHAVE YOU HAD ANY SORT OF ILLEGALNARCOTICS ANY SORT OFPRESCRIPTION MEDICATION THATYOU'RE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF?NO SIR.ONCE INSIDE THE PATROL CAR,DEPUTIES SAY THE MAN THROUGH AFIT, KICKING AND SCREAMING, ANDCAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE.>> SCREAMS. >> STOP.>> INVESTIGATORS LATERDISCOVERED OTHER DAMAGE ON ADEPUTY TRAINEE'S PERSONAL CAR ATTHE ORIGINAL CRASH SCENE WITNESSES TOLD THEM THE SAME MANCAUSED IT BEFORE LEAVING.WHEN HE TRIED TO ENTER THE CARDOOR HE ACTUALLY TORE OFF THEDOOR HANDLE AND STARTEDURINATING ON THE VEHICLE WHEN HECOULDN'T GET IN.>> THE ORDEAL ENDED WITH ANARREST.HE'S JUST SHY OF 19, AND NOW,ANTHONY HUMPRIES FACES SERIOUSCRIMINAL MISCHIEF CHARGES.REPORTER: IT ALWAYS HELPS IF YOUSEE SOMETHING STRANGE GO AHEADAND SAY SOMETHING.THAT REALLY DID HELP IN THISCASE.>> THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL ISCONDUCTING A SEPARATE

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Updated: 7:53 AM EDT Jun 9, 2017

A concerned sheriff's deputy was trying to find out why a young man was walking down Florida highway naked."What's the deal, my man?" the Marion County deputy is heard asking the man on a patrol car camera recording the incident. Witnesses claimed the man had been involved in a crash nearby, but took off. The deputy tried to ask him about that, but he allegedly became erratic and tried to enter the patrol car from the driver's side."Why would you try to open up my driver's door?" the deputy asked. The man also wouldn't say why he ditched his clothes or what was driving the unusual behavior. "Have you had any sort of illegal narcotics? Any sort of prescription medication that you're under the influence of?" the deputy asked. "No, sir," the man responded. Once inside the patrol car, deputies said the man threw a fit and began kicking and screaming, causing serious damage, which they estimate to cost about $1,000. Investigators said they later discovered other damage on a deputy trainee's personal car at the original crash scene. Witnesses told them the same man caused it before leaving."When he tried to enter the car door, he actually tore off the door handle and started urinating on the vehicle when he couldn't get in," Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Lauren Lettelier said. The ordeal ended with the man's arrest. He's identified as Anthony Humpries, 18. He now faces serious criminal mischief charges. "It always helps if you see something strange, go ahead and say something. That really did help in this case," Lettelier said. The Florida Highway Patrol is conducting a separate investigation on the initial crash.

MARION COUNTY, Fla. —

A concerned sheriff's deputy was trying to find out why a young man was walking down Florida highway naked.

"What's the deal, my man?" the Marion County deputy is heard asking the man on a patrol car camera recording the incident.

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Witnesses claimed the man had been involved in a crash nearby, but took off. The deputy tried to ask him about that, but he allegedly became erratic and tried to enter the patrol car from the driver's side.

"Why would you try to open up my driver's door?" the deputy asked.

The man also wouldn't say why he ditched his clothes or what was driving the unusual behavior.

"Have you had any sort of illegal narcotics? Any sort of prescription medication that you're under the influence of?" the deputy asked.

"No, sir," the man responded.

Once inside the patrol car, deputies said the man threw a fit and began kicking and screaming, causing serious damage, which they estimate to cost about $1,000.

Investigators said they later discovered other damage on a deputy trainee's personal car at the original crash scene. Witnesses told them the same man caused it before leaving.

"When he tried to enter the car door, he actually tore off the door handle and started urinating on the vehicle when he couldn't get in," Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Lauren Lettelier said.

The ordeal ended with the man's arrest. He's identified as Anthony Humpries, 18. He now faces serious criminal mischief charges.

"It always helps if you see something strange, go ahead and say something. That really did help in this case," Lettelier said.

The Florida Highway Patrol is conducting a separate investigation on the initial crash.